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From: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] My proposed network - is it ok?
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:48:41 +0800
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Hi,

> I've been trying to test this idea a bit but I'm a bit concerned - does
> BATMAN only work with AdHoc wireless NICs?

no - its does not care about the lower layers. It will run on ad-hoc, managed, 
ethernet, etc ...
Batman also runs on multiple interfaces. Simply supply several interfaces on 
the command line: batmand if1 if2 if3


> I have a server with an Ethernet NIC with an IP 5.0.0.1/8.  I've got a
> transparent AP bridge with an IP of 5.1.0.1/8 and normally I can ping it
> from my server.
>
> Maybe this is due to an IP2 rule/route?  I can see that this is due to a
> IP2 rule "from all to 5.0.0.0/8 lookup 67" and routes for table 67 is
> "unreachable default proto static"

Yes, the unreachable route may be the reason for that. Batman assumes that 
everything within its own IP range (5.0.0.1/8) should have a routing entry or 
the route does not exist. It lets you detect faster whether a node is down or 
not. 
Depending on your setup it may make sense to not have a route. Does the AP 
bridge (5.1.0.1/8) have a route back to your server ? If you want to integrate 
batmans routing decision into your fancy setup have a look here:
https://dev.open-mesh.net/batman/wiki/RoutingVodoo


Marek